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Activity5:34
PBS

Math with Jake: Ratios and Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
And the beat goes on. The installment of the Math at the Core: Ratios series introduces time signatures in music. A musician shows the relationship between different types of musical beats. Working in pairs, classmates create beat...
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Instructional Video3:44
PBS

Real-Life Math — Production Scheduler

For Students 6th Standards
Use unit rates to find the number of parts needed to produce a given number of units. A production scheduler shares the different ways schedulers use math to ensure the required amount of parts are available to manufacture air...
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Instructional Video4:00
PBS

Math with Jake: Transposition Using Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The star of the show is ratios. The informative resource explains how to transpose music using ratios. Individuals transpose the song "Twinkle, Twinkle" in the activity by applying their ratio skills. The activity challenges class...
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Unit Plan
Indiana Department of Education

The Represented World: Communication—Packaging

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge your classes to design and market a new product. Collaborative groups use geometry skills to create packaging for their products. Finally, they plan a marketing strategy to present to a marketing specialist.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

From Rates to Ratios

For Teachers 6th Standards
Look at rates from a general perspective. The 17th part of a 29-part series provides problems that help pupils develop more general ratios from given rates. Scholars determine unit rates and ratios that are associated with given rates....
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Finding a Rate by Dividing Two Quantities

For Teachers 6th Standards
Develop the right station to solve rate word problems. The 18th lesson in a series of 29 starts by interpreting the aspects of rates with two different quantities. Pupils use the interpretation of rates to solve problems, and groups work...
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Lesson Plan
Teach Engineering

Light Up Your Life

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
How do lighting types affect energy efficiency? Explore different types of lighting and the energy they use. Pupils learn about types of lights and calculate the energy used during a typical school year. They discover that being...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Candy Machine

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Using the concept of a candy vending machine, young mathematicians explore the sugar ratios found in different types of candy. Using the provided information, class members calculate and compare different ratios in...
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Assessment
Curated OER

Performance-Based Assessment Practice Test (Grade 6 Math)

For Students 6th Standards
Keep track of your sixth graders' mastery of the Common Core math standards with this practice assessment. Taking a different approach than most standardized tests, this resource includes not only multiple choice questions, but also...
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Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Rate

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Zoe is reading books over vacation and wants to know at her current rate, how many will she finish by the end. Building on prior knowledge of fractions and ratios, young mathematicians learn how equivalent rates are used to answer her...
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Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Rates - Practice 18.3

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
Rates per unit of time, unit rates, and the distance and lengths of trips are solved in this 18-question assignment. Neatly presented, these questions provide your middle school mathematicians practice with unit rate skills.
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Worksheet
Noyce Foundation

Candy Fractions

For Teachers 6th Standards
While examining fractions and ratios, your leaners get to read about one of their favorite subjects: candy! There are four word problems on this worksheet. Learners consider situations in which "for every x caramels there are y...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios 2

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The randomly generated questions examine ratios. Students answer the multiple choice questions which include hints and solutions.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The randomly generated questions explore ratio applications. Students answer the multiple choice questions which include hints and solutions.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios and Rates

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learners assess their mathematics skills by answering these randomly generated multiple choice questions. Topics included are simplifying ratios, solving ratios, and rates.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes Ratios 3

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learners assess their mathematics skills by answering these randomly generated multiple choice questions. Topics included are ratios in simplest form, ratio comparisons, and equivalent ratios.
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Common Core Sheets

Common Core Sheets: Ratios and Proportional Relationships 6.rp.3c Worksheets

For Teachers 6th Standards
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of ratio concepts, useage of ratio reasoning, and percentages.
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explains the basic terminology and formatting of ratios, and demonstrates how to solve typical exercises.
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Unit Plan
AAA Math

Aaa Math: How to Determine a Ratio

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This site explains the meaning of ratio and how to determine a ratio. Gives practice and games to practice this skill.
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Other

Macomb Intermediate School District: Mathematics: Ratios and Rates [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Activities for students that allow them to explore the concept of comparing ratios and unit rates using real-world scenarios.